Broom-bridle.



A. C. ALTHUUSE.

BROOM BRIDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE so, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

1 Y jf Inventor Attorneys Witnesses Q l forthe flexing,thereofwhenythembroomis to` 111111553) f i j"l Todllfl iohom l .4 l.' a citizenof theUnitedStates,` residing vat Dublin,` in the county oit Bucks, and State of'. Peimsylvan-ia,-` have yinvented a new i and y'hichthe followingisaspecilication` .Thisinvention relatesjlt attachuseful. BroomiBridla] of.`

merits and :mre` 'partiilarly 't0 e. broom bridle which be securfed'arou'nd the;

broom `bristle'swfziri l whatii'sl", termed ,g nonresilient manner whenthebroomisfto bef .used for scrubbing and to f further -b'p'rovide' means Ab'where-by l saidattachment (may fbe i resilientlv*` secured to the bristles to allow beused forsweepingand similar' 'pnrposesg edented t0 .sagas 1 the invention herein disclosed, can 'bemade ing .-spurs .from It 1 A lfurtherg.objectfis'to .proyidea broomi ;`attaichnfie'ntl formed of twol'lslimilarf .bands`r es'ilientI springs interposed.; toifform` inwardly project- E e said bandsv wh'ichfare.l

` bands with a plurality of apertures a'tf their lend*l portions whereby agsuitable rangebfiad- 1 fjujstinent isfhad,4 and 'togsecure to 4the said; bands1 'suitable rodsjlwhich bare L. positioned within said coiled .l springs 'and hold the bands inV a* non-resilientfmanner so that considerable strength .will be impartedgtofrthe ybroom bristles whenithegbroom obe used.,

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for` scrubbing vWith the foregoing fan view which will appearwasf; the descriptionAM proceeds', the"`1n`vent1on' A:'resilil'es" in the `combination' andarrangement orf` arts 'andfun` the details of'construction hereinafter described and olaimefd,"it'being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment loit within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spiritV of the invention. In the drawings accompanying this specification, and forming a part thereof, the preferable form Qimmy' invention is illus trated, in which .y pf Figure 1` 1s a yview in perspective 4with my improved broom" attachment secured thereto. Fig. 2`is1a side view illustrating f the` connection between the twofbands. Fig.

V3 is a top plan View of `the attachment" with the holding. rod out of engagement so .that

the .bands will be resiliently secured toi lfbv lgether which allows forthe flexing and play l M y i jf'of thejbrbomlbristles.`fal fragv y Be ity known thaty I, 'ALBERT GgALTnoUsE, n

Anir-intal"transverse view of one'or1 theband's t' i typi'iies` the ordinary broom lconstruction'.

The attachment 4which is to ,be secured adjacent the lowereXtremities o-thesbroom bristles f1 includes the two, bands 'AI jand B g 5 is a brama and, ine-naa the-bagues e an@ perfectly similar softhat "a v`descrip'tion 'one appliejsfwith equal relevancy "tof the i otherj The band'Ais Vtornied with the body portion' 8 wlh'icl'ig isprovided with a plurality 4of adjustingfaperturs 91@ The i body '1 portiong 8" rlies yagainst lor contacts "nwith the flatter? 4`portions of' the, bristles as `shown in ,1T-ig.' 1"'anld l:connjected thereto is the hooked fend' f10.-"` 'The' 'latter `conforms generally "tfo 'the contour of thedge of thebroornfbristles Th' extremity Aofthe hooked end 10 is provided with they around which it extends.

rtwo transversely alined apertures1111-?1-9J therein which provide suitable securing means fella-he raiding er fastened Spring n vv13 "a'iidthestraight rodlf', it being noted "i that therod@l 14 isgforinedintegralwith and"` b an `jeXtension-r of "thef'coiled .springf'li'. The

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spurs 15 represented lia the preseiaafw provided *with number oftinwa'rdly struck t the attachment' i b 'ingsfasy beingsubstantially triangular iu` outline to thereby wedgedly engage the bristles as well as rictionally grip the same- As will be evident from a reference to Fig.`

l3, the-spurs extend throughout the hooked portion of the Iband so that a plurality of lthesame is provided which `renders unnecessary any `attachment passing over the shoul-l ders of the broom head. i

Permanently secured to the apertures 11 and 12 'of the hooked portions of the'bands are the coiled or tension'springs 13 and the straighttie rods 14. :The remotet-.ends ot.`

the springsand tie rods are bent upon themselves and detachably` engage the apertures 9 of the. body portion of the bands; )Thus it will be apparent that there are two similar bands and two similar springs and tie rods extending therebetween;

l ,85 l. stress howeverupon the springli for rod 151' i i .does not transmit,'itself to=theother to 

